Clasp for waistband-loops



(No Model.)

S. MYERS.

CLASP FOR WAISTBAND LOOPS.

110.415.416. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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t NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL MYERS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLASP FOR WAlSTBAND-LOOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,416, dated November 19, 1889.

Appiimion ned July 26, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL MYERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Olasps for lVaistband- Loops, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clasps for waistband-loops or garments, and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents aplan view of the metal blank from which the clasp is made. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the same, showing its prongs bent` at a right angle to the blank-body previous to attaching the loop to it. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the clasp, showing the loop attached to it by means of the middle prongs. Fig. l represents a side elevation of the waistband, showing the loop attached to it by means of my improved clasp; and Figs. 5 and 6 represent,respectively, cross-sections on the lines X X and Y Y, shown in Fig. 4.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts ol the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the clasp or loop-fastener, which is struck out from a single piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 1. The blank A has its body portion preferably made in the form of a pair of parallel grooves a a, adapted to receive the ends of the elastic loop B, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, l, and 5; but this is not essential, as, if so desired, the said body of the clasp may be made of any other suitable form without departing from my invention. The

blank A has in its upper and lower ends the laterally-projecting sharp-pointed prongs Ct a a a', which are adapted to pass through the waistband C or other garment and secured thereto by bending over or clinching the said pointed prongs, as shown lin Fig. 6, Between the sharp-pointed prongs a a are Serial No. 318,710. (No model.)

arranged the shorter lateral prongs a a, which are bent over the ends of the loop B, as shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose of securing such loop firmly to the clasp previous to securing the latter to the waistband or garment C.

co3 is a lip or extension at the lower end ot' the blank, which is struck up and formed as a shield to conceal the lower end of the loop from view when the clasp is secured to the waistband or garment, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 1. The prongs a a', besides serving the purpose of secu ring the clasp to the waistband, as described, also serve as additional means for securing the loop B to the clasp and waist-band.

The device as above described is a very neat, simple, and durable one for securing loops to waistbands, garments, or other articles where such a clasp may be needed.

In my present invention I do not wish t0 confine myself to any particular tools or Inachinery for punching, shaping, and clinching the clasp, as this may be done in any suitable manner without departing from the essence of my invention; but

Ihat I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- In combination with the loop B, the clasp A, as described, having the body portion da, grooved longitudinally for the reception of the ends of the loop B, and having lateral projections or prongs a a for securing the clasp to the garment, intermediate lateral projections a a for securing the loop to the clasp, and the cup-shaped lip a3 for concealing the end of the loop B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 22d day of July, A. D. 1889.

SAMUEL MYERS.

\Vit11esses:

ALBAN ANDRN,

MARTHA J. JACKSON. 

